PokeBonk Patch Notes & Updates (Latest: v0.8.17)

PokeBonk updates fast, often several times a day. This page lists every patch from v0.8.17 back to v0.6.0, newest first, with only the changes that matter while you play. For the big picture of the current season, read the Season 2 guide.

To see which version you are on, open the main menu between runs and look under the PokeBonk logo. Press the version number for the full What’s new list. If you are behind, reload the game.

Season 2 patches (v0.8.x)

v0.8.17 (October 22, 2026)

• Fusion behavior and the way extra projectiles apply to fusions were corrected. Rankings affected by the old behavior were adjusted.
• Archive can now hold up to three templates, and you can switch between them before a run.
• The big map zooms with the mouse wheel, a pinch, or on-screen buttons.
• The pause screen shows your damage per second over the last 15 seconds next to total damage.
• Boss drops land farther from portals, and portals ask for confirmation if rewards are still on the ground.
• Event reward claims no longer fail on slow connections, and pressing Esc no longer causes unwanted movement.
• Few-item and no-vitamin achievements now count everything you carried during the run. Selling Max Ether or the TM Case brings your vitamin or move cap back to normal.
• Smaller fixes: Fairy Feather icon, a less intrusive Ultimate notice, easier-to-read text and a better layout on foldable phones.

v0.8.16 (October 22, 2026)

• The pause-menu fusion list now scrolls inside its own panel.
• The event ranking has a Tower header, a podium and your own position pinned on screen, with clear Trainers and Clans tabs.

v0.8.15 (October 22, 2026)

• Lavender Tower wins that were wrongly rejected now count.
• Faster loading, and the server copes better when many players arrive at once.

v0.8.14 (October 22, 2026)

• Lavender Tower: no more walking through stairs or invisible walls, Meowth no longer blocks the stairs, Ectoplasm Armor is delivered and the No Light achievement can be earned. Once a floor is clear, walk up the stairs.
• You can pick a Pokémon’s shiny look even when it also has the Spectral look.
• Bill’s Machine previews a fusion’s type, Physical or Special category and numbers. Fusion tables appear under Moves and in pause.
• Finished runs retry sending their result after a server hiccup.
• New graphics options: Effect brightness and Reduce flashes, plus better frame rates with big hordes.
• Quality of life: skip the slot-machine animation, see banished options in pause, confirm before selling to Meowth, and the Pokédex achievement unlocks at all 151 seen.
• Fixes for Esc in Chrome/Edge fullscreen and for the camera after closing menus.

v0.8.11 – v0.8.13 (October 21, 2026)

• If an update leaves you on a blank screen, the game now recovers by itself. No need for a hard refresh (Ctrl+F5).

v0.8.10 (October 21, 2026)

• Fixed some runs failing to save after your connection came back.

v0.8.9 (October 21, 2026)

• Better server handling when lots of players join at the same time.

v0.8.8 (October 21, 2026)

• Season 1 players who cleared Rocky Desert but could not enter Storm Coast can now get in.

v0.8.7 (October 21, 2026)

• Season 2 started fresh: leaderboards, clan points, rivalries, missions, streaks and clan records were reset.

v0.8.6 (October 21, 2026)

• Runs started in Season 1 and finished after the switch no longer count on Season 2 boards or toward clan points. They stay in your run history.
• More server improvements for busy moments.

v0.8.5 (October 21, 2026)

• After the first hour of Survival, hordes keep speeding up.
• Movement speed above ×3 has reduced effect.
• Shed Shell slide invulnerability lasts 0.35 seconds with a 0.8-second recharge, so it can no longer be chained forever.

v0.8.4 (October 21, 2026)

• Trainer cards show the mode, region, difficulty, Time Attack medal, fusions and Bag items for each run.
• Your last 20 runs can be filtered by mode.
• Your best Lavender Tower floor appears on your profile.

v0.8.3 (October 21, 2026)

• Four new in-run music tracks, picked at random each run. Legendary bosses keep their own themes.

v0.8.2 (October 21, 2026)

• The clan showcase labels each trophy as coming from the KO board or the Survival board.

v0.8.1 (October 21, 2026)

• Titles such as PokéBonk Pioneer now show their image and how to earn them.

v0.8.0: Season 2 (October 21, 2026)

• Two new maps: Storm Coast (Zapdos) and Celestial Glacier (Articuno), each with six guardians.
• Move fusions at Bill’s Machine: combine two max-level moves and free a slot. See move fusions.
• 24 new items, five vitamins, three shrines, Mega crits, TM power-ups, an airborne dive and Pokémon Eggs.
• Lavender Tower Night, the Halloween event with Candles and prizes, running until November 4. See the Lavender Tower guide.
• Clans get a board, weekly missions, rivalries, levels, streaks, records and up to 200 slots.
• A cheaper Lab, a new main menu and new achievements.
• Time Attack now has prizes. Season 1 players receive the Kanto Pioneer avatar and PokéBonk Pioneer title in their mailbox.

Pre-season patches (v0.7.x)

v0.7.10 (October 20, 2026)

• 172 more accounts were suspended for cheating or botting before the season ended, and their records were removed.
• Creating an account now includes a Cloudflare robot check. Most players never have to do anything.

v0.7.9 (October 20, 2026)

• Guest accounts that go unused for 60 days are deleted. Create an account to keep your progress for good.

v0.7.8 (October 20, 2026)

• The Banish button works again: select the card, then press it again to confirm.
• Very long runs no longer make you invincible, and stunned enemies start moving again.
• Leaderboards and run saving load faster.
• Meowth’s shop shows full prices, and the restock button moved to the top.
• Turning fullscreen off now stays off between runs.
• Lifesteal and Projectiles show decimals, Rain Dance counts for the soaking task and Esc closes the slot machine.
• Season-end leaderboards are reviewed by hand, and winners get their rewards through the mailbox.

v0.7.7 (October 20, 2026)

• Survival runs past the one-hour mark no longer slow down, because Night elites now respect the enemy cap.
• The “My attacks” opacity setting also fades solid projectiles such as Razor Leaf and Sludge Wave.
• Your attacks no longer hit a Pokémon that is ready to be caught, and a boss’s Great Ball no longer lands out of reach.
• You can change the pause key in Settings, and Ctrl+D no longer bookmarks the page mid-run.
• Mobile fixes: Battery saver stays off after reloading, What’s new can be reopened, and the Research notebook and report form scroll properly.
• Getting removed from a clan sends you a mailbox notice.

v0.7.6 (October 19, 2026)

• New level-up shortcuts: F to Reroll, X to Skip, Z to Banish.
• A short input guard at level-up stops keys you were already holding from picking a card by accident.
• Banish needs a second press on the card to confirm.
• Esc pauses without leaving fullscreen. Hold Esc to exit fullscreen.

v0.7.5 (October 19, 2026)

• 38 more cheating accounts suspended, including the account at the top of the global board.
• Stronger checks against faked invulnerability, fabricated runs and edited starting XP or stats.

v0.7.4 (October 19, 2026)

• Weekly task progress works again, and play since Monday counts.
• Fewer mobile crashes when changing zones or entering the sanctuary.
• Pause shows DPS for each move and for your Ultimate. Detail sheets show what boosts and passives add.
• Uninterrupted Ultimate skips its slow motion and banner, and turns on automatically with Auto Ultimate.
• The glossary is available while choosing your partner, and the Pokédex opens on a shiny you own.
• Banishing an upgrade for a move you already know warns you that the move stops upgrading for that run. E spins the slot machine again.

v0.7.3 (October 19, 2026)

• Much more server capacity for everyone joining.
• The per-Pokémon leaderboard list loads faster.

v0.7.2 (October 18, 2026)

• 47 cheating accounts suspended and their records removed, which freed up many top spots on both the main and per-Pokémon boards.
• More leaderboard protection.

v0.7.1 (October 18, 2026)

• Fixed a purple overlay covering the move lists.
• Hovering a level-up card no longer opens the move sheet. Full numbers are in the pause menu.

v0.7.0: Patch #7 (October 18, 2026)

• The guardian altar, shrine and portal show on the big map again. Map markers, a north-up minimap and holding Tab to view the map without pausing were added.
• Every move has its own detail sheet, plus a glossary. Hold Tab while choosing an upgrade to inspect your build.
• Fewer mobile crashes, and finished runs save even if the connection drops.
• Meowth raises prices if you keep buying without opening Poké Balls. Paid Poké Balls let you choose one of three items.
• Controls: remapped keys are saved, controller dead zone is adjustable, Y toggles auto Ultimate and WASD works in Firefox.
• Fixes for boss HP, more than three shiny catches and Pokémon loading. A compact mobile layout and early-run tips were added.

Early patches (v0.6.x)

v0.6.4 (October 18, 2026)

• Fewer runs wrongly flagged for review on weak connections.
• Items no longer hide in corners, long builds no longer cover the minimap, and Safari audio comes back after switching tabs.

v0.6.3 (October 18, 2026)

• Recovered run results are no longer wrongly rejected after the game closes, and results rejected by that bug were saved.
• Stricter checks on edited currency and damage-free zone clears.

v0.6.2 (October 18, 2026)

• Training rewards in long runs now have a minimum, so they no longer drop to zero.
• Actions can be bound to the middle, right and side mouse buttons in Settings → Keys.
• Auto-run lasts only for the current run, shows an on-screen indicator and stops when you move backward.
• Fixes for attack effects carrying into the next run and text vanishing in the Save to account form.

v0.6.1 (October 18, 2026)

• Guest progress is no longer lost after Exit and signing back in.
• Level-ups offer a full set of cards even when only one move slot is left.
• The big-map key can be rebound, and move-learning info shows Pokémon names and portraits.
• Fixes for a catch target vanishing during a nearby evolution, a mislabeled Friend Ball and overlapping items.

v0.6.0 (October 17, 2026)

• The big map and minimap only show what you have explored. (v0.7.0 later brought the altar, shrine and portal back.)
• Fixed home-screen flicker on mobile with battery saver on.

If something still looks wrong

Most problems after a patch come from an old build still running in an open tab. Reload between runs, check the version under the logo, and try again. For loading, connection and save problems, see the troubleshooting guide, and for general questions the FAQ.

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